The Casa Moeda project was designed to take full advantage of the potential of the land. Located in the Santuário de Moeda Condominium, it is characterized by its sloping topography and privileged views of the mountains and preserved forest surroundings. The isolation provided by its location allows the interior spaces to be integrated into the landscape, bringing the view inside the house. The project makes use of these conditions and proposes a more open configuration of the space, with the minimum possible division between rooms and the use of large glass panels on the facades, from the floors to the roof. With a wooden structure and ceramic roof, the house manages to give lightness to the typical typology of rural residences in the interior of Minas Gerais.
Divided into two blocks, a social and an intimate one, the project solves the problem of the lack of privacy, very common in open proposals like this. The social block, with a living room, kitchen, and powder room, is implanted at the point where the best view of the property unfolds. In front of it, a wooden deck advances towards the landscape. Perched on the sloping stretch of the land, the platform hovers over the forest, increasing the feeling of lightness that is the main characteristic of this project. One of the highlights of the house appears at one end of this space: an unusual-shaped swimming pool that directs the visitor's gaze towards the landscape.
The block that houses the suites is naturally more closed. The glass panels give way to exposed brick walls which, like the burnt cement floors, gabion walls, and wooden structure of the roof, are faithful to the rustic language of its architecture. Each suite has its own mini-deck so that residents can also admire the view from the comfort of their rooms.